2CV Mirror Fail & Fix. It came off in my hand! 

Ahh my Citroen BX, does the aerodynamic wing mirror retraction like Elly, saves many KWs

Well Ian you surpassed yourself in this video and horrified and utterly surprised me at the same time 🤔, first time ever I have seen a BALL PANE HAMMER used to fit a mirror 😂😂😂😂

And your not using the tried and trusted method of duct tape because........ Great vid.

Had the privilege of meeting Ellie at the Staffordshire meet years ago. Good to see you taking good care of her!

Props to Tim for all his help with you and Mini Hubnut - and it's funny how sometimes these small jobs can be so satisfying. The list of jobs on the Yaris grows but one I am looking forward to is fitting a power outlet to it for one of those old-fashioned parking lights you placed over the driver's window and then trapped in place by winding the window up. But next, the rear screen wash pump, having already sorted the rear wiper.

And hindsight is restored. Well done! I’ve done similar work on my MG Midget when the driver’s side mirror kept blowing back. Got to love classics…

Not the usual Hubnut duct tape fix

Credit where credits due. Ian makes these videos by just being Ian (not french). Be safe and the woman & kids 😁

I had to replace my nearside wing mirror on my 2020 Fiat Panda 2 weeks before I traded it in for my 2023 Panda. Whoever bought the 2020 one may be wondering what the rattle is in the passenger door, it is one of the 4 nuts that I managed to drop into the door, still the wing mirror still stayed on with only 3 🤣

Absolutely brilliant video Ian ❤👍and well done Cambrian classics another job well done brilliant

Always something to do when have cars. So glad Mini Hubnut is gaining good skills.

I now have the lamentable "Mirror Mirror" by Dollar, going through my head. 😧

Thanks for the video. Again. Elly has become my favorite HubNut car. You're such a great presenter. I'm looking forward to new videos. (Btw why did you call this video Mirror fail? It's a great succes. Isn't it?)

Nice on Ian, It's great to see that Elle can now see behind her. Another 5 minute job completed. Over the many years of doing those '5 minute' vehicle jobs as a complete novice I've discovered that: a) 5 minute jobs take much longer than 5 minutes. b) Lot's of 5 minute jobs can add up to days or weeks or longer. c) 5 minute jobs can only complete if you have all the tools/parts including the bits that we break or somehow loose while trying to complete said job. d) We do better at the bigger jobs and sometimes forget the 5 minute ones that could have been completed easier while doing the larger job. Many thanks for sharing.

Great to see some tinkering on Elly. Looking forward to further adventures with Elly. Looking forward to Meeting Tim, Whiteland and The Man who claims to own a SM at Rustival.

With a little help from friends, Elly's mirror was repaired.

With Tim's help you manage to do it without hubnutting it 😊 another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍

I hate those flimsy previous century french side mirrors, experinced same kind of trouble on my '67 DS and '77 504 😔

Mmm.... today a simple mirror repair, tomorrow Tim to the rescue. Funny how the small jobs quickly become more involved.

I didn't know Bulldog BDX is from Northern Ireland, we actually make something useful here 😱

Sounds cold, like the Christmas I stood in a snow drift and replaced a piston and cylinder in my 2CV!

"Here comes the mirror man"

Sometimes its the little jobs that give the most pleasure, today I fitted new wiper blades to the Jag and headlamp bulbs to the Porsche. Porsche also has its MOT tomorrow morning.

Great to see Elly again - I simply love that car!

Tim is a good man. Now you can see behind again. Ta for the update. Another porn bot reported

Just need to get Elly out and about now, though maybe not when the roads are nearly as salty as the prime miniature, don't want the body to keep fizzing away... :P

Mine is still in my tool box used in engine bays to see round corners, not had a 2cv for 30 years so can't even remember breaking it off, in those days I just went to the breakers yard and got a replacement

I've watched a few 2CV engine rebuilds but think that Tim and yourself would make a good team to rebuild your engine. It's an interesting engine that makes good content. For all its apparent simplicity It does need a delicate touch in some areas. If parts aren't perfect replace. Example. An oil pump that looks to be good has to be perfect or its not worth risking. Hopefully the crank is good and you don't need to many expensive parts. Cam is about £350 or a slightly sporty one to go with your 650 kit about £385.

Ian with a hammer ,eek . Probably what i would do ,Tim's a hero . Ian your the same as most of us , full of good intentions but it always goes wrong . But at least you give it a really good go , i wouldn't even attempt to do some of your stuff .Kudos too you . Great vid as usual , informative and entertaining . forever .

Sometimes, knowing when to accept defeat and stop the job before failure is the greatest skill.

I remember the days before cake reviews and rot repair vlogs where Elly would take me on a whimsical drive through the Welsh countryside and all my problems would fade away for but a while. I miss those days. Hope the mirror gets better. 😏

"Let's hope I don't balls this up". Said many of us, to ourselves, often.

I’ve seen many specialist niche videos on the internet in my time, but I’ve never seen a beardy man called Ian sniff a 2cv mirror. Happy days

another thing worth trying with rusted screws is a dugga-dugga with the screw bits & 1/2 adaptor from a manual impact driver.

Great that parts are still available for these if you look deep.

When I retire next year, I want to indulge in such trivial pastimes as well. Great channel.👍

Do they not still make replacement door mirrors ???

You can't beat eleven minutes of tinkering and heavy breathing!😂

Well done for fixing the mirror. However - perhaps if you have a bench vice, you could remove the mirror stem from the door. Then clamp it aforementioned vice and then indulge in some far more effective tapping, hammering and ultimate mending. The screw could thus become the immovable object which cannot resist. Everyone needs a vice. A good vice can make mechanical stuff so much easier and less frustrating. Just a thought.

Ha thought the mirror was a gun when I first glanced at the video thumbnail!

Thanks for the tinkering video, Ian. Much appreciated.

Nice one Tim.

You'd think such a basic design would make such jobs a breeze , but it looks like the basic qualities extend to the materials used to manufacture them and so everything rusts up seizes and disintegrates , making the simple jobs way harder than necessary

Get that engine rebuilt and fancy a road trip to the Highlands?! Raid Helmsdale and Raid Loch Ness 6th and 7th April!

what the difference betwee looking glass or mirror

Elly looking MAGNIFICENT again

Your Birmingham accent seems to get stronger in certain videos.

keep us on board when rebuilding Elly's horses. An ideal job whilst the weather is not good for driving her.

I always used my mirrors to keep the window open 😆

Roll on spring eh , I , like you have wrapped up my precious until finer weather with no presence of the dreaded road salt . The daffs and snowdrops are out in force here in Somerset so spring cant be all that far away …. Can it ?

Mirror Mirror on the door, oh hang on, its in my hand......

Just wondering what extreme cold weather you get there ? I know you have a cover for the grill on elly but even then I think you would struggle to get much warmth with the -12f to the -23f we had here in the plains for the previous couple weeks . I know you should have it milder with the Gulf Stream adding to your climate

This has to be some sort of parody video, at least I hope it is.

Your 2cv is absolutely awesome 👏🏻 love it 🥰

You should launch a line of hair and body care products instead of selling the same things everyone else is doing. e.g. Hub Nuts fast bath = a deodorant etc.

'Hammer' and 'encourage'...🤣

Tim to the rescue so satisfying fixing a mirror that doesn't move around when you go fast makes driving so much more pleasurable

Very enjoyable watch as always mate

L o l not sponsored by the mirror

Not extreme tinkering

Job’s a good ‘un

Cool update.

evening, Aus open is still live here in Melb

Nice 😊

I always had my mirror vertical, rather than horizontal .

The roads are still to salty for Elly.

Multi person repair, the best kind!

Always good to have a nice rear view Ian!

Your hammer skills are enviable. Shout out to Tim, for also having enviable skills. Since you mention it, I am looking forward to Ellie's engine re-build. Is this something we might see when the English winter has been replaced by a fairer, warmer climate.

Hmmm... a new tube on RU-vid!

The small jobs add up...

I’d make an offer for the engine you’re borrowing…a sound investment surely?

Good morning, Ian!

new

Love elly

AY UP MR HUBNUT

a nem looking glass or mirror

So,is what you would call....a Mirror finish 👀🪞😁🤪?

Is it all done with smoke and mirrors mmm i thought so 😳🧐🤔🫣😊😀🥸